BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 11 January 2026

Quizmaster Ian Woodrow returns with another Trivialus for the BizNews tribe. Give it a go and see how well you score. Find the answers to this week's quiz here.Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here.Support South Africa’s bastion of independent journalism, offering balanced insights on investments, business, and the political economy, by joining BizNews Premium. Register here.If you prefer WhatsApp for updates, sign up to the BizNews channel here..11 January 2026.What French bakery product gets its name from the French for cabbage due to its shape?Which celebrity was buried on Wednesday this week in Saint Tropez, France?Who was the last Hanoverian monarch to rule England?Which film star was mayor of his home town Carmel, in California?Which country is currently experiencing widespread protests and riots due to worsening economic conditions?Containing the filament and anther, what is the male sex organ of a flower called?Funchal is the capital of which Portuguese-speaking archipelago?What is the name of Elon Musk’s AI assistant accused of generating sexual deepfake images? Who is the oldest man ever to win a world heavyweight boxing title?Who coined the phrase ‘the Iron Curtain’?If all the planets were collected and placed inside Jupiter how much of the latter’s volume would remain vacant, a) 35% b) 55% c) 70%?On New Year’s Eve, a fire killed 40 people and injured 116 in a nightclub in Switzerland. The cause of the fire was due to sparklers in bottles being ignited indoors. To what are authorities attributing the toll of this calamity.What is the distinction between a gourmet and a gourmand?Which South-East Asian country has the internet code .kh despite neither letter being in its English name?What (according to the media) is threatening to dramatically affect the relationship between the US and Europe?Which band gets its name from the inventor of the seed drill?What is ruddle?Which famous British PM once said; “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”True/False – the fastest-recorded object in sports is a golf ball.In the first three months of the Korean War, North Korea drove steadily southward until only a small southeast corner of the country remained under South Korean control. However, the tide turned when a large amphibious landing took place in September 1950 at the Korean port of, a) Gunsan b) Inchon c) Busan? Bonus point for the Allied General behind this strategy..Question 10 - © David Luyt

BizNews brainteaser – Ian’s Trivialus 11 January 2026

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